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題 名 | Acoustic and Molecular Differentiation between Macropters and Brachypters of Eobiana engelhardti engelhardti (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) |
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作 者 | Wang, Yin-liang; Zhang, Jian; Li, Xiao-qiang; Ren, Bing-zhong; | 書刊名 | Zoological Studies |
卷 期 | 50:5 2011.09[民100.09] |
頁 次 | 頁636-644 |
分類號 | 387.751 |
關鍵詞 | Insect songs; Katydid; Toothed flies; Wing dimorphism; |
語 文 | 英文(English) |
英文摘要 | This study focused on the wing dimorphism of Eobiana engelhardti engelhardti (Uvarov 1926). To examine acoustic differences between macropters and brachypters, we recorded and analyzed the calling songs of the 2 forms. Moreover, the vocal organs of E. e. engelhardti were also observed under optical and scanning electric microscopy. As a result, there were 3 “dynamic” song traits which had significant differences between the 2 forms, but no obvious differences were observed in vocal organs. For macropters, we assumed that differentiation of these calling songs showed compensation for a reproductive disadvantage. Finally, some molecular biology experiments were conducted to examine differences between the 2 forms at the molecular biology level; as a result, brachypterous insects were grouped in a clade, while macropterous insects were grouped into another, which indicates that these molecular differences had already occurred before these macropters migrated. |
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